WalkingDeadBr: On what, basically, changed your life after the series success? Do you consider yourself accomplished for has given life to your history, or do you still wait something more?

Robert Kirkman: I don’t feel any more accomplished due to the TV show. I tend to focus on the future much more than dwell on accomplishments of the past. I try to be more of a forward thinker and I definitely don’t want to become content, I want to continue to try and become a better writer at all times. I’m much busier these days, so in that sense my life has changed a great deal. The Walking Dead is a worldwife phenomonon now, as opposed to just being a successful comic book series. Still, I’m a family man and I spend most of my time at home working, so aside from the added workload, not much has changed. Let’s be honest, though… I do make slightly more money.

WDBr: Existed some difficulty on the First Season recordings? In a brief summary, how could you say to us about the work employed in these six initial episodes?

RK: For me it was a breeze, I spent some time on set but not more than a combined 4 weeks over the course of the show. I wrote one episode but that wasn’t too difficult. I think the cast and crew would tell you it was difficult, and I could see that it was for them. The pace was quick, the temperatures were hot and they had a lot of work to do to get those 6 episodes done. But for me, I just visited and watched, mostly.

WDBr: For the fans that follow the HQ, what can you tell us? Can we wait some revealing death on the next volume?

RK: I’m uncertain whether you mean the comic series or the TV show, but either way, I can say YES. People will always be dying in both versions of the story, that’s the nature of things, this is a dangerous world. There are things that will shock you coming up in the TV show and the comic series.

WDBr: People that follow the HQ and the series realized the differences on the history soon in the first season. How do you see the changes in relation to the HQ and to the more Shiites fans that don’t like changes?

RK: It was important to me from day one that the two versions, comic and show, remain seperate to a certain extent. The show follows the comic, there are very specific stories from the comic that will be adapted into the show, but from time to time, I want to surprise the comic fans. I can say that any changes made in the show are approved by me, so I’m always there to make sure they stay true to the tone and intent of the comic series.

WDBr: How the second season filming is going on? We’re anxious to see Michonne, Tyresse, Hershel and all the HQ?s team! You could open the play and reveal to us something (laughs!)

RK: Filming doesn’t start for another few weeks on the show. But I can say things are going really well so far and the second season is going to be bigger and better than the first season.

WDBr: About the episodes that you?re gonna write at the second season, do you know how many will it be? What can we expect? A little more from the HQ, or a little more from the debut? Sincerely, we expect a little bit more of zombies! (laughs!)

RK: There will be more zombies in season 2. I can confirm that. As far as writing episodes goes, I’ll be doing at least one, possibly two. I’m still deciding. It’s a balancing act between TV and comics with me right now, so I have to make sure I can fit it in.

WDBr: We see at the HQ a big diversity of human’s points. The survival question is not only in the zombie’s middle, the socials questions and the problems of the characters superego, such as the Governor, the relations on the community etc., and not simply the dry history and the cliché on the undead. When you started the history, did you think in emphasize this human side of the characters purposely? Some especial reason?

RK: The human side, to me is what is most interesting in all zombie stories. I really just took what was already present in most zombie fiction and focused more intensly on that aspect of it. You can’t really tell a long-form continuing story if your readers/viewers aren’t interested in following the characters. You have to get them invested. The characters are the most important part.

WDBr: We know that the zombie’s movies weren’t the inspiration on the Walking Dead creation. What’s your connect with the zombies?

RK: I just love zombie movies, it’s as simple as that. One day I came upon the idea that they really don’t have to end. Wouldn’t it be cool to see a zombie movie that just keeps going and allows you to follow those characters in that world for years? That initial nugget of an idea became The Walking Dead.

WDBr: In the 75th edition you said, in answer to a letter, that you wouldn’t intend to reach the end of the history and when the ideas end up you would start to add aliens or different things. Do you really think in this way? What can you advance about the next HQ’s editions?

RK: Well, that was a joke. I don’t really intend to ruin this book when I run out of ideas. And adding aliens and such would definitely ruin this series. All I’m really trying to say is that I plan for this series to run for a very long time. I would definitely end the series if I ran out of ideas, but thankfully, I already have enough ideas socked away to keep us going for nearly another decade already…

WDBr: Recently was released a book called Warm Bodies, from Isaac Marion, that tells the history of a forbidden love between a zombie and a human. This book will be adapted to the movies and soon we’ll have a teenager movie about a zombie in love. Do you think that the concept of a classic zombie is changing with the time? Would you adopt the idea of a affective relationship zombie versus human in the history of The Walking Dead in the future?

RK: Absoultely not… I think that stuff is pretty gross. There are certain things that just won’t work with Walking Dead. I wish Isaac Marion the best of luck and I’m sure his novel is great, I’ll have to check it out. But really, the idea of human on zombie love seems a bit too silly for The Walking Dead.

WDBr: Tell us a little bit more of your work on the “The Infinite”. How it’s work with a character that travels on time? What exactly can we expect from this adventure?

RK: Work on THE INFINITE is going really well. I like trying new things and delving into science fiction has been a blast. I will say that doing a time travel story is incredibly complicated but working with artist and co-creator Rob Liefeld has been absolutely great and I think this book is really going to be quite cool. I highly recommend it, but then, I’m a little biased.

WDBr: How it’s work more and more with Frank Darabont, Gale Anne Hurd and so much other fantastic producers in the series?

RK: It’s amazing and I really do feel like I’m getting to kind of learn on the job and I’m gaining a great deal of experience just by being near these folks. So I must say, my time on this series is becoming very valuable and Frank and Gale and the rest of the people involved in this show have been very gracious towards me while I move along my learning curve.

WDBr: If you could indicate someone from the cast with you are more identified giving life to a character that’s yours, who would be? Why?

RK: Jon Bernthal is doing amazing things with Shane. He wasn’t that well defined in the comic book series and Jon is really turning him into a much bigger character with his performance. I absolutely love Jon’s work on the show.

That said, I can’t point to one single actor and say I’m unhappy. We have
an amazing cast.

WDBr: Would you be prepared to live in a zombie apocalypse? What would be your plans/goals to your survival?

RK: I wouldn’t last ten minutes. My plan would be to die as painlessly as possible.

WDBr: We know that the secret is the soul of the business but, at least on the plan that you imagine or already imagined for the HQ’s future, there’s or will it be presented a cause to the zombie contamination in the world?

RK: I don’t have any plans to reveal that, frankly. I think that being unknown is much more compelling and having the answer to that wouldn’t really bring anything into the story.

WDBr: And finally, but not less important: could you send a “hi” to the Brazilians fans, sending a video or a picture, and recommending the best Brazilian fansite (www.walkingdeadbr.com)?

RK: I’m not so good with technology, so I can’t really make a video.
Thanks for doing the interview!